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William Tell is a legendary folk hero of Switzerland. He is known for shooting an apple off his son's head.
Tell is arrested for not saluting Gessler's hat (mosaic at the Swiss National Museum, Hans Sandreuter, 1901)
Tell is arrested for not saluting Gessler's hat (mosaic at the Swiss National Museum, Hans Sandreuter, 1901)
Tell's leap (Tellensprung) from the boat of his captors at the Axen cliffs; study by Ernst Stückelberg (1879) for his fresco at the Tellskapelle.
Tell's leap (Tellensprung) from the boat of his captors at the Axen cliffs; study by Ernst Stückelberg (1879) for his fresco at the Tellskapelle.
First page of the Tell legend in the White Book of Sarnen (pp. 447–449)
First page of the Tell legend in the White Book of Sarnen (pp. 447–449)
A depiction of the apple-shot scene in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (1554 edition)
A depiction of the apple-shot scene in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (1554 edition)